Mechanical waste.



Gr. H. BURLEIGH. MECHANICAL WASTE.

APPLIUATIQN FILED MAB.15, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17,1908.

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GEORGE HERBERT BURLEIGH, OF `TERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MECHANICAL WASTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov."1'7,1908.

Application led March 15, 1907. ASerial No. 362,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, GEORGE HERBERT BUR- LEIGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMechanical Wastes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates more particularly to wastes for basins; and themain object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient meanswhereby the water within the basin or receptacle may be held thereinfrom beneath and at a point immediately adjacent to the discharge; whichis so constructed that it will not easily get out of order, and in whichthe parts may be readily assembled or the valve or stopper and partsconnected therewith quickly removed so that the parts may be readilycleaned; which provides for a proper and direct discharge for the wateror waste, and which is thoroughly sanitary in its arrangement.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide simple means wherebythe valve or stopper may be quickly and effectively locked in positionto sustain the water within the basin bowl, and to provide a simple andefficient straining or protecting device immediately over the valve.

The invention will be hereinafter more particularly described withreference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspeciiication, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end ofthe description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly broken away andpartly in elevati-on, of one form of device embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a detail plan of the cappiece of the strainer or protecting means.Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the locking ferrule. Fig. 4 is aninverted plan of the device shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe handle for operating the stopper or valve; and Fig. 6 is a detailfragmentary view of the upper end of the operating rod which connectswith the handle.

The basin bowl or other receptacle 10 may be of the usual or of anypreferred construction, and in the bottom of the bowl is a dischargeopening 11 and beneath the discharge opening is a part 12 which connectswith the usual overow of the basin, the latter eX- tending from theupper part thereof on the outside of the basin bowl in the usual way.The discharge opening 11 of the basin has a recessed portion in which isadapted to rest the flange of a thimble 13. This thimble has openings14, so as to communicate with the discharge and the interior of the part12, so that water from the overflow may pass to the interior of saidthimble. lThe upper end of the thimble 13 is provided with a valve seat15, and has openings 16 in which are adapted to t pins or projections 17attached to or formed as a part of the cap-piece 18. This cap-piece 18and the ange of the thimble 13 form a strainer and protecting means, andsaid cap-piece comprises a ring portion 19 and radially projecting arms2O on each of which is one of the pins or projections 16, so that thelatter may have their ends spread and serve as rivets to rigidly fastenthe cappiece 17 to said thimble. The lower end of the thimble 13 isscrew threaded, and fitting the threads is a coupling 21. Between thecoupling 21 and the part 12 of the bowl are washers 22, between which isclamped a bracket 23, so that a tight joint may be provided at thispoint. A pipe 24 is held to the coupling 21 and this pipe is held at itslower end to a trap 25. The trap 25 has a packing gland or nut 26 toform a tight joint with the pipe 24 and is adapted to be adjustablethereon, and said trap is provided with the usual discharge 27 and ventconnection 28.

As a means for holding the water within the bowl or to permit the sameto be discharged therefrom, T provide a valve or stopperl 29 which isadapted to engage the valve seat 15, which is arranged immediatelyadjacent to the discharge opening. The valve 29 is provided with apendent sleeve 30, and is rigidly secured by a pin or otherwise to avertically movable rod 31. The rod 31 is inclosed by a tube or pipe 32,which has its upper end entering the sleeve of the valve or stopper 29,and has its lower end secured to a cap nut 33, which is held by threadsor otherwise. in the lower portion of the trap 25. The nut 33 isprovided with an opening in which is a suitable packing 34, and thispacking is adapted to be forced around the rod 31 by a sleeve nut orgland 35, and on the nut 34 is a suitable handle 36 by which the saidnut 33 may be quickly removed from the trap 25, so that the stopper orvalve 29, tube 32, and rod 31 may be quickly removed in case it isdesired connected to a vertically movable handle 42.

ferrule has a flange portion or head 47 and to clean the interior of thetrap or discharge I connections. The rod 31 and stopper or valve 29connected therewith is vertically movable through the trap 25 by anysuitable mechanism. As shown the rod 31 is forked at its lower end andis connected to a lever 37 which is pivoted at 38 to a supporting rod39. lThis rod or standard 39 is adjustably held in the bracket 28, andat its upper end is screw threaded and provided with thumb nuts 40 onopposite sides of the bracket, so as to be rigidly and adjustably heldthereto, said bracket being of spring or other material to permit it toyield if necessary for a purpose to be presently described.

To operate the lever 37 and lock the valve 29 against its seat, a rod 41has one end connected to the lever 37, and its other end This handle 42may have a knob 43 or other means at one end to permit it to be readilygrasped, and its lower end is provided with a socket in which the upperend of the rod 41 is adapted to fit. The upper end of the rod 41 isprovided with a washer 44, and above the washer is a nut 45 both ofwhich are adapted to fit within the socket of the handle and when thelatter is spun or forced over as shown will hold the end of the rodsecurely to said handle but will permit the handle to rotate on the endof said rod. The handle 42 is guided in a locking ferrule 46 whichpasses through an opening in the flange or other part of the basin, andsaid a threaded stem portion 49 on which is a nut 50, which is adaptedto rigidly clamp andv hold the ferrule to the basin. The ferrule 4G hasits lower end spiral shaped, as at 51, and has a vertical slot 52 inwhich is adapted to slide a projection or pin 53 carried by theoperating handle. The upper end of the slot is L-shaped, and as will beseen when the handle is pulled upward so that the pin will slide in theslot until it reaches the upper end thereof, the said handle may begiven a partial rotary movement to cause the pin to enter the L-shapedportion of the slot, in which position the handle will be suspended andwill hold the valve or stopper 29 away from its seat. By reversing themovement of the handle so that the pin 53 will enter the vertical partof the slot 52 and the handle forced downward, the rod 41, the lever 87and the rod 31 will force the valve to its seat. By giving a rotarymovement to the handle, the pin 53 may be made to travel along` thespiral part or cam surface of the ferrule 46, so as to rigidly lock thevalve 29 against the seat 15, the bracket 23 yielding sufficiently topermit this movement. If desired the handle may be given a completerotation until the pin 53 is again in a position to enter the slot 52.

The nut 50 may have two lugs 54 depending therefrom, and on theoperating rod 41 is a collar A spring 56 has one end thereof secured tothe lugs 54 and the other end held to the collar This sprino' surroundsthe rod 41 and normally tends to keep the valve or stopper 29 unseated.lllhen the handle is moved so that the pin 53 is disengaged from the endof the ferrule and is in alinement with the slot 52, the said springwill force the rod 41 upward.- By keeping the valve 29 normally unseatedperfect drainage of the bowl is obtained, and the spring further servestoV prevent the valve being held toits seat in case the handle 42 isaccidentally forced downward, but it is to be understood that thisspring 56 may be dispensed with if desired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that simple and effective means isprovided whereby the water may be held within a bowl or other receptacleat a point immediately adjacent to the point of discharge, that astopper or valve is provided which moves downward so that a strainer orother means may be provided at the discharge opening, that simple meansis provided whereby the valve or other parts connected therewith may bequickly removed to clean the device, and that simple and effective meansis provided for locking the valve away from or against the valve seat.

.Hai/'ing thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a receptacle havingoverflow and discharge openings, a lower projecting part immediatelybeneath the discharge opening, and a connection between the overflowopening and said projecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardlythrough the projecting part of the receptacle and communicating with thesame beneath the discharge opening to permit the waste of the overflowto pass from said projecting part into the interior of the thimble, saidthimble being supported in the discharge opening and provided with aseat arranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, astrainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, a verticallymovable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and tobe released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle duringits downward movement and provided with a downwardly extending tubularpart, a coupling secured to the lower end of the thimble, a pipeconnected to the coupling, a trap adjustably held to the pipe andprovided with vent and discharge connections, a valve rod passingupwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a tubesurrounding the rod and entering the tubular part of the valve at itsupper end, a cap-nut secured to the trap to which the tube is held,means for preventing leakage through the cap-nut, and means foroperating the valve rod.

2. rlhe combination with a receptacle having overiiow and dischargeopenings, a lower projecting part immediately beneath the dischargeopening, and a connection between the overflow opening and said projecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardly through the projectingpart of the receptacle and communicating with the same beneath thedischarge opening to permit the waste of the overflow to pass from saidprojecting part into the interior of the thimble, said thimble beingsupported in the discharge opening and provided with a seat adjacent tot-he discharge opening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valveseat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat, a trapadjustably held to the thimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through thetrap and connected at one end to the valve, and means for operating thevalve rod.

3. The combination with a receptacle having overflow and dischargeopenings, a lower projecting part immediately beneath the dischargeopening, and a connection between the overliow opening and saidprojecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardly through theprojecting part of the receptacle and communicating with the samebeneath the discharge opening to permit the waste of the overiiow topass from said projecting part into the interior of the thimble, saidthimble being held in the discharge opening and provided with a seatarranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a verticallymovable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and tobe released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle'duringits downward movement, a valve rod connected at one end to the valve,and means for operating the valve rod.

el. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening and alower projecting part immediately beneath the discharge opening, of athimble projecting downwardly through the projecting part of thereceptacle and communicating with the same beneath the dischargeopening, said thimble being supported in the discharge opening andprovided with a seat arranged face downward adjacent to the dischargeopening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, avertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upwardmovement and to be released therefrom to discharge the waste from thereceptacle during its downward movement, a trap supported by thethimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trap and connected atone end to the valve, a lever connected to the valve rod, a supportingrod, a yielding bracket, a vertically movable rod, and

means for operating the rod and locking the same in either a raised orlowered position so as to positively hold the valve away from or againstits seat.

The combination with a receptacle having a. discharge opening, of athimble supported in the discharge opening, said thimble being providedwith a valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage theseat, a trap supported by the thimble, a valve rod passing' upwardlythrough the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a leverconnected at one end to the valve rod, a supporting rod, a bracketconnected to the supporting rod, a vertically movable rod connected tothe other end of the lever, and means for operating the last-mentionedrod and locking the same in either a raised or lowered position so as topositively hold the valve away from or against its seat.

6. rllhe combination with a thimble provided with a valve seat arrangedface downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a strainer secured tothe thimble over the valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted toengage the seat in its upward movement and to be released therefrom todischarge the waste from the receptacle during its downward movement andprovided with a downwardly extending tubular part, a coupling secured tothe lower end of the thimble, a pipe connected to the coupling, a trapsupported by the thimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trapand connected at one end to the valve, a lever connected to the valverod, a supporting rod, a yielding bracket, a vertically movable rod, andmeans for operating the rod and locking the same in either a raised orlowered position so as to positively hold the valve away from or againstits seat.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, athimble arranged in the discharge opening and projecting downward fromthe receptacle and having` a valve seat in the upper part thereofadjacent to the discharge, a valve or stopper movable within the thimbleand adapted to engage the valve seat to sustain the water within thereceptacle, a trap adj ustably held to the thimble, a rod verticallymovable through the trap, and connected to the valve, means foroperating the rod, and a cap uut iitting the trap and adapted to permitthe removal of the valve and connections through said trap.

8. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat in the upper partthereof, of a trap having a discharge and vent connection adjustablyattached to the thimble and rigidly held thereto, a rod secured at oneend to the valve, a tube surrounding the rod, a cap nut secured to thetrap to which the tube is held, means for rotating the nut to quicklyremove the same together with the valve connections from within the trapand thimble, and means for vertically moving the rod.

9. The combination with a valve or stopper adapted to sustain the waterwithin a receptacle, of a rod arranged beneath the receptacle to whichthe valve it attached, a yielding bracket connected to the receptacle, alever, a supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is adjustably held to the bracket, and means for operating the lever andlocking the valve away from or against its seat.

10. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of avalve or stopper adapted to sustain the water within the receptacle, avalve rod arranged beneath the receptacle to which the valve isattached, a lever, a yieldingly held supporting rod to which the leveris pivoted, and means for operating the lever and locking the valve awayfrom or against its seat.

11. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of avalve or stopper adapted to sustain the water within the receptacle, arod arranged beneath the receptacle to which the valve is attached, ayielding bracket connected to the receptacle, a lever, a supporting rodto which the lever is pivoted and which is adjustably heldY to thebracket, and means for operating the lever to move the valve away fromor against its seat.

12. The combination with a valve and a valve seat therefor, of a ferrulesecurely fastened to a part of the receptacle and having a slot thereinand a spirally formed lower end, and a pin adapted to travel in the slotto engage the spirally formed end of the ferrnle to hold the valveagainst or away from its seat.

13. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat, of a valvemovable in the thiinble and adapted to engage the valve seat, a trapsuspended from the thimble, a valve rod vertically movable through thetrap, a yielding bracket, a lever attached to the valve rod, asupporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is held at oneend to the yielding bracket, an operating rod connected to the lever, ahandle connected to the end of the rod, said handle being provided witha pin, a terrnle forming a guide for the handle and having ascrew-threaded stem or sleeve portion, said stem or sleeve portion beingprovided with a vertically arranged L-shaped slot and a spirally formedlower end by which the valve may be looked either' against or away fromits seat.

14. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat, of a valvemovable in the thimble and adapted to engage the valve seat, a trapsuspended from the thimble, a

valve rod vertically movable through the trap, a bracket, a leverattached to the valve rod, a supporting rod to which the lever ispivoted and which is held at one end to the bracket, an operat-ing rodconnected to the lever, a handle connected to the end ot the rod, saidhandle being provided with a pin, a ferrule forming a guide for thehandle and having a stem or sleeve portion, said stem or sleeve portionbeing provided with a vertically arranged L-shaped slot and a spirallyformed lower end by which the valve may be locked either against or awayfrom its seat.

15. he combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of avalve, means for positively moving the valve to close or open thedischarge and to lock the valve in either position, and a sp'ringtending normally to move the valve to open the discharge.

16. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of avalve, an operating rod and connections between said rod and the valveto move the latter to open or close the discharge, a ferrule, a nutsecuring the errnle to the receptacle, a handle secured to the rod andguided in the errule, a collar secured to the rod, said nut having lugsthereon, and a spring secured at one end to the lugs and at its otherend to the collar and tending normally to move the valve to open thedischarge.

17. The combination with a basin having a discharge opening, of a valvemovable downward to discharge-the water, a lever, means connecting thelever to the valve, a rod connected to one end of the lever, a handlerotatably held on the rod and adapted to force the valve to its seat,and a spring tending normally to force the rod in a direction to openthe valve.

18. The combination with a basin having a discharge opening, of a valvemovable downward to discharge the water, a rod connected to the valve, alever connected at one end to the rod, a vertically movable rodconnected to the other end of the lever, a handle supported on the basinand rotatably connected to the last-mentioned rod, and a spring locatedadjacent to the handle away from the valve and tending normally to raisethe last-mentioned'rod and yto force the valve away from its seat.

This specification signed and witnessed this thirteenth day of March A.D. 1907.

GEORGE HERBERT BURLEIGH. lWitnesses:

JOHN J. lIooNEY, J AMES K. MURPHY.

